{"nrhp_refnum":"92000934","name":"Kissling Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Brownsville Rd. E of Robesonia, Heidelberg Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Robesonia","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.366570114500036,"lon":-76.10187636241389,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A dairy farm complex in Heidelberg Township, Robesonia, Berks County, Pennsylvania, centered on a two-and-one-half story stone Federal farmhouse built in 1798 and a bank barn rebuilt in 1890, with a stone cabin, bake oven, butcher house and other outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm represents late 18th and 19th century diversified family farms that shifted to dairying in the early 20th century. Its house is cited for high-style Federal woodwork and the farmstead for its intact cluster of outbuildings. The fields, meadows, fence rows and streams are described as reflecting the property's significance and integrity.","narrative":"Located in the rolling hills of Heidelberg Township in Berks County, the Kissling Farm is a working dairy property whose core dates to the late eighteenth century. Its two-and-one-half story stone farmhouse, completed in 1798 by Jacob and Catharina Klob, has Federal details including crossetted door surrounds, a fan light, jack arch lintels and an ornate parlor cupboard. A stone cabin, believed built in 1793, stands south of the house, and a frame bank barn was rebuilt in 1890 after a fire. Outbuildings include a stone-lined storage arch, a beehive bake oven and a butcher house. The farm is listed for its association with agriculture and for its architecture. It is presented as an example of a late eighteenth and nineteenth century family farm that converted to dairying in the early twentieth century, with its house and farmstead largely unchanged.","period_of_significance":"1793-1941","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The farm remains a working dairy operation with modern additions; the historic core buildings are described as intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.091056-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92000934.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000934/c99f54b2ac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000934/c99f54b2ac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KISSLING_FARM.,_HEIDELBERG_TOWNSHIP,_BERKS_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KISSLING_FARM.,_HEIDELBERG_TOWNSHIP,_BERKS_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992308","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissling_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6417277"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/kissling-farm-92000934/"}